Ruckus Wireless, Inc. and Globalstar, Inc., (OTCBB: GSAT) today announced the successful results of new Wi-Fi testing that used a combination of unlicensed spectrum in the Industrial Scientific Medical (ISM) band and Globalstar's licensed ...
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IBM claims to have achieved a milestone in creating a phased-array transceiver that contains all of the millimeter-wave components necessary for both high data-rate communications and advanced-resolution radar imaging applications. The ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should cap the participation of carriers AT&T and Verizon Wireless in upcoming spectrum auctions to ensure mobile competition going forward, representatives of consumer groups and smaller carriers ...
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Government panel the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) has given its approval for Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel in a $20 billion deal. CFIUS "found that there are ...
SoftBank has received all the necessary state approvals for the Japanese mobile carrier to acquire a majority stake in Sprint Nextel for $20 billion, the companies announced. On Thursday, California Public Utilities Commission voted to ...
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The U.S. government is in negotiations with SoftBank for greater control over equipment purchases by Sprint Nextel and the selection of one of the Japanese company's nominee to the U.S. carrier's board, according to a news report. Dish ...
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Sprint Nextel said it had received permission from SoftBank to negotiate a rival acquisition offer from Dish Network. The board of Sprint Nextel has the right to terminate its existing merger agreement with SoftBank, subject to certain ...
T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules. T-Mobile inherited the challenge when it merged with MetroPCS in a deal that closed earlier this month. MetroPCS and ...
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has taken a major step toward helping more airlines offer in-cabin wireless broadband, with the agency voting Thursday to explore using new spectrum for air-to-ground broadband service. The FCC ...
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San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA. The settlement, approved on Tuesday night by a 10-1 vote by the city's Board of Supervisors, ended a ...
Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated telecom trade group veteran Tom Wheeler to be the next chairman of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Wheeler's nomination, announced Wednesday, ends weeks of speculation that he was the ...
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U.S. mobile operators will warn subscribers when they're heading toward a big bill, after most carriers agreed to send email or text alerts when users are about to exceed their monthly usage limits or start using international roaming. ...
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A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted to approve a bill that would make it official U.S. policy to promote an Internet "free from government control," with promises that the Republican majority would work with critics of ...
T-Mobile USA is trying to boost the number of iPhone users on its network by offering the iPhone 5 without down payment to people who bring in their iPhone 4 and 4S smartphones for a trade-in which could also earn them up to $120 in ...
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